de Villiers, Stephanie (2017): Coastal water quality monitoring along the South African coastline in 2016 and 2017, with in situ T-S-O2-pH and laboratory chlorophyll-a, phosphate and nitrate measurements [dataset]. Department of Environmental Affairs, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.882177
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Published: 2017-10-23 • DOI registered: 2018-11-01
Abstract:
The first comprehensive survey of basic physico-chemical water quality parameters along the South African coastline was carried out from 2016 to 2017, at more than 200 sampling sites. The west coast (Port Nolloth to Cape Town) was sampled 3 times, to establish seasonal variability associated with upwelling. The south- and east coasts (Cape Town to Sodwana) was sampled twice, to capture the influence of river runoff during high versus low river runoff conditions. The data can be used to assist with the revision of existing Water Quality Guidelines, which at present is inadequate due to a lack of comprehensive baseline data for these water quality parameters. The data also suggest areas of concern and that may be prone to land-based sources of pollution and eutrophication, and acidification, that will be discussed in more detail in manuscripts to be finalised.
Related to:
de Villiers, Stephanie (2017): Micro-fibre content of South Africa's sandy beach sediments from 2016 to 2017 [dataset]. Department of Environmental Affairs, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.882220
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -32.588515 * Median Longitude: 22.767537 * South-bound Latitude: -34.832000 * West-bound Longitude: 16.868000 * North-bound Latitude: -27.539000 * East-bound Longitude: 32.677000
Date/Time Start: 2016-05-25T08:55:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-03-11T13:40:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 0 m
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sample ID | Sample ID | de Villiers, Stephanie | |||
| 2 | Location | Location | de Villiers, Stephanie | |||
| 3 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | de Villiers, Stephanie | Geocode | ||
| 4 | LATITUDE | Latitude | de Villiers, Stephanie | Geocode | ||
| 5 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | de Villiers, Stephanie | Geocode | ||
| 6 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | de Villiers, Stephanie | Geocode | |
| 7 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | de Villiers, Stephanie | ||
| 8 | Salinity | Sal | de Villiers, Stephanie | PSU | ||
| 9 | Oxygen | O2 | µmol/l | de Villiers, Stephanie | ||
| 10 | pH | pH | de Villiers, Stephanie | |||
| 11 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | µg/l | de Villiers, Stephanie | ||
| 12 | Phosphate | [PO4]3- | µmol/l | de Villiers, Stephanie | ||
| 13 | Nitrate | [NO3]- | µmol/l | de Villiers, Stephanie |
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